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The Cargo Airline Association, which represents ABX Air, Atlas Air, FedEx and UPS in the halls of government, has named Lauren Beyer, the vice president of security and facilitation at Airlines for America (A4A), to succeed Steve Alterman as president. Alterman is retiring after leading the organization for more than 40 years, it announced Tuesday. …
UPS Inc. and the Teamsters union will return to the bargaining table next week after what will be a roughly three-week hiatus in an effort to hammer out a new five-year term contract just days before the old one expires. In a statement, UPS (NYSE: UPS) said that “we are pleased to be back at…
After a big upward move of 21 cents a gallon two weeks ago and a price that didn’t move last week, the weekly Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration average weekly retail diesel price moved down in its latest posting. The size of the 5.1-cents-a-gallon drop was somewhat surprising, given other indicators that suggested the decline…
By Bart De Muynck The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. As we start a new year, what is the outlook for the logistics industry in 2024 and what can companies do to make things better? It’s a question on most…
WASHINGTON — Final guidelines issued Thursday by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration clarifying the agency’s interpretation of truck brokerages could help reverse a growing trend of illegal brokers and dispatchers infiltrating the industry, according to a group representing small-business truckers. The new guidance, created in response to a mandate in the 2021 Infrastructure Investment…
The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. U.S. carriers are white-knuckling a brutal freight market. While data suggests the industry has finally reached the bottom of its freight rate bubble, a balanced market — and the relief it will deliver…